eh sa palagay
ko naman...
well, here's my
take on this...
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| Introduction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In order to meet the challenges of this millennium, the youth need appropriate tools that education is responsible to provide. The current trend in the Western education focuses on Global Education. Specifically in Global Citizenship, the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes and values that enables the youth to lead lifestyles for a sustainable world as well as encompass areas of knowledge is focused (Oxfam: 1997). It affirms the development of a sense of identity and self-esteem, relevant values and attitudes, as well as the development of the understanding of responsibilities of being Global citizens ready and able to challenge values or actions that may be harmful to individuals or communities. It supports and attempts to increase the youth�s motivation to effect positive changes and the belief that �anything is possible.� | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The new millennium has opened the doors of a �Global Village and transmigration.� Foreign-based researches in industrialized countries, mention that although not merely for financial gains, professionals with their families transgress country boarders to experience new working environments aside from their own country of origin. The Family in the global age have brought about the increase of intercultural marriages, children with dual citizenship, and the birth of the so called third-culture children (children born in one country and brought up in another country during their developmental stage), among others, are results of the phenomenon of Globalization. Oxfam (1997) mentioned that Global linkages among nations have changed the lives of everyone on the planet through trade, finance, culture, communications and technology. Accompanying these changes are confrontation with disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and a continuing deterioration of the ecosystems � these are the challenges currently met by the Global Citizen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| One specific and local phenomenon brought about by Globalization is the increasing number of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). He has proficiency in written and spoken English, and ease in learning the language of the country where he is employed. Aside from these, the OFW is said to easily adjust to foreign culture and work environment, considered friendly, and carry a positive outlook in his relationship with other people (website at: http://www.risemanpower.com/filipino.htm). While these positive aspects of the OFWs exist, the negative effects of parental absenteeism to the children left behind by the mother and father OFWs also exist. As thousands of OFWs leave the country on a daily basis, the local NGOs and government agencies dealing with OFW family welfare are reportedly gaining cases of problems with the school and family settings as well as the personal lives of the children. The Kapisanan ng mga Kamag-anak ng Manggagawang Migraanteng Pilipino (KAKAMMPI), an NGO looking after the family welfare of OFWs, reported some of the risks faced by these children. Some become victims of domestic violence, incest, early pregnancies, early marriages, while others get involve in delinquency cases. These are the real, and current negative effects of parental absenteeism. With these growing negative effects, the researcher decided to look into the phenomena of increasing OFWs vis-�-vis the development of self-esteem, and the values and attitudes for Global Citizenship of students with OFWs parents. At present only brief socio-demographic data and baseline figures on the children of OFWs were available for existing counseling and developmental programmes. They were limited data that need further investigation because they hold an important role to initiate programmes vital for planning out future preventive measures against the risks faced by the youth - for organizations including NGOs, schools, and even the parent OFWs themselves spread out worldwide. It is at this point that the researcher has decided to launch on her current study. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TALAGA?! eh sa palagay ko naman... |
REALLY?! well, here's my take on this... |
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